News Stories
Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team Providing Support for Warrior’s Weekend Event
COLLEGE STATION, TX – Team members from the Texas A&M; Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) deployed to Port O’Connor, TX today to provide support for the 10th Annual Warrior’s Weekend. The event is a fundraising fishing tournament that supports veterans who were wounded in service to their country. Each year, soldiers injured in combat arrive in […]
Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Hosts Congressman Bill Flores
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – U.S. Representative Bill Flores visited the Texas A&M; College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) on May 3. The CVM was honored to host Congressman Flores’ first tour of the CVM’s facilities. He toured the Small Animal Hospital, the Diagnostic Imaging & Cancer Treatment Center, the Large Animal Hospital, the […]
Texas A&M University Hosts NASAAEP Annual Summit
COLLEGE STATION, TX – The National Alliance of State Animal and Agricultural Emergency Programs (NASAAEP) asked the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET), in only its fourth year of membership, to host the 2016 annual summit. The event brought representatives from government agricultural agencies, animal health organizations, and veterinary colleges from across the United States […]
Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science Develops First 360-degree Virtual Reality Video for Veterinary Education
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Simply putting on a virtual reality (VR) headset can transport someone into an immersive digital environment. This technology has been used for both entertainment and educational purposes, including in medical schools, but for the first time is being leveraged in veterinary education. As part of the Texas A&M; College of Veterinary […]
Council for International Veterinary Medical Education Established
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Embracing an opportunity to help advance the quality of global academic veterinary medicine, the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) has established a new Council of International Veterinary Medical Education (CIVME). AAVMC President Dr. Eleanor Green, the Carl B. King dean of veterinary medicine at the Texas A&M University College of […]
Griffin Joins Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Center
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – As the Texas A&M; University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) celebrates its centennial year, the college is excited to announce its newest landmark faculty hire as part of the Texas A&M; Veterinary Medical Center (TVMC) partnership at West Texas A&M; University (WT). Dee Griffin, DVM, M.S., will serve […]
Texas A&M’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Names Bo Connell As Assistant Dean of Hospital Operations of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Mark Bomon “Bo” Connell has been selected as the assistant dean of hospital operations at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM). In assistant dean, Bo Connell will serve on the CVM’s Executive Committee, chair the VMTH Hospital Board, and […]
Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ Dr. James Herman Receives Presidential Professor of Teaching Excellence Award
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) is pleased to announce Dr. James Herman, clinical professor in the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology (VTPP) at the CVM has been selected as one of two recipients of the 2016 Presidential Professorships for Teaching Excellence. This honor is based upon […]
Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ Names Banu Montague-Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Dr. Sakhila Banu, assistant professor in the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences (VIBS) at the Texas A&M; College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) was named a 2016-17 Montague-Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar. The Montague-Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) Scholar award has been given annually since 1991 to one tenure-track […]
Texas A&M’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Researcher’s Study Reveals the Underlying Genetic Diversity of One of the World’s Most Abundant Fish
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Atlantic herring-one of the world’s most abundant fish and historically a staple of the Northern European diet-has recently helped scientists understand how species adapt and evolve. Previous studies only examined a few genes and suggested that different groups of the Atlantic herring were genetically indistinguishable despite marked differences in behavior, […]
